The School of Sheen and the Holy Rosary Program hosted by Al Smith (The Pipe Padre)

Jim and Cheryl Manfredonia discuss the writings of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and the new book published  by Sophia Institute Press titled "War and Peace - A Fulton J. Sheen Anthology.

 

Witnessing the growing threat of communism, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen recognized that modern atheism was a new type of Messianism threatening to beguile and conquer humanity. 

Sheen stressed the use of reason as the unparalleled countermeasure to deceptive communism. The first three books contained in this anthology are a collection of Sheen’s classic Catholic Hour radio addresses that were heard by millions of listeners in the 1930s and 1940s. Here, in a single compilation, are Bishop Sheen’s most clearly delineated investigations into the underlying causes of communism — every bit as relevant today as when he spoke them — along with an entirely sound and hopeful program for defeating it. 

In the fourth book of this anthology, The Philosophies of War, Sheen addresses the confusion felt by most people who were dissatisfied with the ephemeral and superficial commentaries about World War II. Like a master surgeon, Sheen applies the sharp scalpel of his crystal-clear logic to lay open the sources of the world’s infection. The fifth book, Seven Pillars of Peace, presents the principles upon which Sheen believes the foundations for a just and lasting peace must be built.

By making these five powerful resources your own, you’ll have in one volume the means to thrive spiritually in our current seemingly desperate time. Drawing from biblical, cultural, and contemporary examples, Sheen will show you:

• The spirit of the Antichrist, immoral leaders, education, and societies 

• How personal sin is sickening our culture — and the cure for this “pandemic”

• The proper understanding of and instinctive human need for authentic freedom, justice, and love

• The need to unite for personal rights, including freedom of conscience

• Why it is crucial to be intolerant of evil and embrace a divine solution

• How America must choose to repent in order to overcome our present crisis

Most notably, Archbishop Sheen proclaims the hope of Christ’s Cross and the immeasurable power of His resurrected love. He exhorts us to carry our individual fragments of the beam. It is always darkest before the dawn, Sheen teaches. Times of discouragement are moments when great spiritual transformations can occur. If we return to God and do penance, we will attain interior peace. The future of America’s freedom and restoration as a constitutional republic depend on our decision — now — to obediently trust in God.

 

To purchase a copy of the book, please visit  https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/war-and-peace

 

And remember to take advantage of the 25% discount when you buy two books or more from the great line up of books offered by Sophia Press.   Just use the promo code "SHEEN25" at the time of checkout.

 

Also if you would like to find out more about Bishop Sheen and his life and legacy, please visit https://www.bishopsheentoday.com

 

 

Lord Show Us Thy Face and We Shall Be Saved - Talk at St. Ann's Parish Mission by Allan Smith.

 

During this first of two talks given during this parish mission, Allan shares some of the history behind the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and the connection between Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and the Carmelites.

 

He explains the connections between St. Therese of Lisieux, the Holy Hour and devotion to the Holy Face.

 

Allan Smith is the founder and director of www.bishopsheentoday.com and the founder of www.holyfacemiracle.com

 

Jon Leonetti and Al Smith discuss the writings of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and the new book published  by Sophia Institute Press titled "War and Peace - A Fulton J. Sheen Anthology.

 

Witnessing the growing threat of communism, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen recognized that modern atheism was a new type of Messianism threatening to beguile and conquer humanity. 

Sheen stressed the use of reason as the unparalleled countermeasure to deceptive communism. The first three books contained in this anthology are a collection of Sheen’s classic Catholic Hour radio addresses that were heard by millions of listeners in the 1930s and 1940s. Here, in a single compilation, are Bishop Sheen’s most clearly delineated investigations into the underlying causes of communism — every bit as relevant today as when he spoke them — along with an entirely sound and hopeful program for defeating it. 

In the fourth book of this anthology, The Philosophies of War, Sheen addresses the confusion felt by most people who were dissatisfied with the ephemeral and superficial commentaries about World War II. Like a master surgeon, Sheen applies the sharp scalpel of his crystal-clear logic to lay open the sources of the world’s infection. The fifth book, Seven Pillars of Peace, presents the principles upon which Sheen believes the foundations for a just and lasting peace must be built.

By making these five powerful resources your own, you’ll have in one volume the means to thrive spiritually in our current seemingly desperate time. Drawing from biblical, cultural, and contemporary examples, Sheen will show you:

• The spirit of the Antichrist, immoral leaders, education, and societies 

• How personal sin is sickening our culture — and the cure for this “pandemic”

• The proper understanding of and instinctive human need for authentic freedom, justice, and love

• The need to unite for personal rights, including freedom of conscience

• Why it is crucial to be intolerant of evil and embrace a divine solution

• How America must choose to repent in order to overcome our present crisis

Most notably, Archbishop Sheen proclaims the hope of Christ’s Cross and the immeasurable power of His resurrected love. He exhorts us to carry our individual fragments of the beam. It is always darkest before the dawn, Sheen teaches. Times of discouragement are moments when great spiritual transformations can occur. If we return to God and do penance, we will attain interior peace. The future of America’s freedom and restoration as a constitutional republic depend on our decision — now — to obediently trust in God.

 

To purchase a copy of the book, please visit  https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/war-and-peace

 

And remember to take advantage of the 25% discount when you buy two books or more from the great line up of books offered by Sophia Press.   Just use the promo code "SHEEN25" at the time of checkout.

 

Also if you would like to find out more about Bishop Sheen and his life and legacy, please visit https://www.bishopsheentoday.com

 

 

Please enjoy these recordings from Fulton J. Sheen's Catholic Hour broadcasts from 1947.

It was these recordings that were used in the book published in 1948 under the title "Communism and the Conscience of the West".

This book has been republished by Tan Books and is available by visiting - https://tanbooks.com/products/books/tan-books/coming-soon/communism-and-the-conscience-of-the-west/

 

For more information about the life and legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, please visit - https://www.bishopsheentoday.com

 

God Love You.

 

Al Smith 

Founder and Director 

Bishop Sheen Today

The Seven Last Words, Calvary and Me - Parish Mission Talk from St. Ann's Parish by Allan Smith

 

This is the second of two talks given by Al Smith at the parish mission held on March 22, 2025 at St. Ann's Parish in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

 

Allan Smith is the founder and director of www.bishopsheentoday.com and www.holyfacemiracle.com

 

Fr. Ron Lengwin and his guest Al Smith talk about Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's 1941 book titled 'A Declaration of Dependence' that has been republished by Sophia Institute Press and is available at https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/a-declaration-of-dependence

 

This book reveals the shocking truth you need to know in a world riddled by irrationality, emotionalism, and violence. Religion is under attack, whether from totalitarian governments or modern education. Our tacit submission to politics, “freedom,” and science has made us slaves to a diabolical New Atheism and fear.

With his prescient wit, wisdom, and fervor, Archbishop Fulton Sheen provides clarity amid propagandist lies and pagan societies united in purpose to destroy. He reminds us why we must fear what kills the soul more than what kills the body. He exposes the false prophets and philosophies at work in the world and the many “believers” who no longer worship or act in accordance with their beliefs.

Archbishop Sheen masterfully decries the divisions and hatreds in America, explaining how we have turned from God and are on the precipice, that there is “too much tolerance of evil and not enough intolerance of injustice.” The chastisements the world is facing, he declares, are a consequence of its sins; they are the result of our abandonment of God, our idolatry; and man’s attempts to replace God serve only to show that the world is devoid of goodness without His presence.

By declaring ourselves independent of God, we have brought down His wrath and made ourselves slaves to the world, the flesh, and the devil. Archbishop Sheen invites us to examine our consciences to see how we have, in fact, caused the wars in the world. 

By reading this book you will see how “isms” control people where the seeds have been planted for them to be controlled. You will learn how, throughout history, God punishes to destroy evil and, at the same time, to heal His sons from their sins. In addition, you will absorb the future saint’s teachings on:

• The presence of the Antichrist in history

• The cause of war — whether or not it is just — and where its greatest tragedy lies

• How to truly fight for peace, justice, and unity in our country and among nations

• The standard to which all Christians should hold themselves 

• Why the Church is opposed to extreme militarism and pacifism

• Why those without conscience persecute those with conscience

Best of all, Archbishop Sheen explains how God’s wrath is not capricious but is a consequence of our actions, how He is good and loving and will not let us drown in our sins, and how the key to our restoration — repentance — is readily in our grasp. 

 

For more information about the life and legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, please visit - https://www.bishopsheentoday.com

Al Smith reveals a classic book from Fulton J. Sheen that has not been republished in over 80 years. For God and Country was published in 1941 and represents a collection of Fulton J. Sheen's presentations from the Catholic Hour from that year.

Al will read the chapter in its entirety and we think you will agree that Fulton J. Sheen could give this same address in 2021 as he did in 1941. For more information on the life and works of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, please visit our website www.bishopsheentoday.com

To source a digital copy of Fulton J. Sheen's Catholic Hour reflections found in this series, please visit The Catholic University of America digital library at https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora:36868#page/1/mode/1up

God Love You.

#ForGodAndCountry #hope #bishopsheen #fultonjsheen

Please enjoy these three talks that were given at Our Lady Queen of the World Parish Mission on March 24 - 26, 2025 by retreat leader Allan Smith.

 

Al Smith is the founder and director of www.bishopsheentoday.com  and www.holyfacemiracle.com

He gives parish missions engaging audiences about the history of the Holy Face Devotion and the wisdom contained in the writings of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

 

Talk #1 - Lord Show Us Thy Face and We Shall Be Saved.

Talk #2 - Behold Your Mother - Getting Right With Mary and Getting Mary Right. 

Talk #3 - The Seven Last Words, Calvary and Me - How to overcome sin, practice virtue and live the beatitudes.

 

 

Al Smith reveals a classic book from Fulton J. Sheen that has not been republished in over 80 years. For God and Country was published in 1941 and represents a collection of Fulton J. Sheen's presentations from the Catholic Hour from that year.

Al will read the chapter in its entirety and we think you will agree that Fulton J. Sheen could give this same address in 2021 as he did in 1941. For more information on the life and works of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, please visit our website www.bishopsheentoday.com

To source a digital copy of Fulton J. Sheen's Catholic Hour reflections found in this series, please visit The Catholic University of America digital library at https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora:36868#page/1/mode/1up

God Love You.

#ForGodAndCountry #THECROSSANDTHEDOUBLECROSS #bishopsheen #fultonjsheen

Al Smith reveals a classic book from Fulton J. Sheen that has not been republished in over 80 years. For God and Country was published in 1941 and represents a collection of Fulton J. Sheen's presentations from the Catholic Hour from that year.

Al will read the chapter in its entirety and we think you will agree that Fulton J. Sheen could give this same address in 2021 as he did in 1941. For more information on the life and works of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, please visit our website www.bishopsheentoday.com

To source a digital copy of Fulton J. Sheen's Catholic Hour reflections found in this series, please visit The Catholic University of America digital library at https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora:36868#page/1/mode/1up

God Love You.

#ForGodAndCountry #fourcolumns #bishopsheen #fultonjsheen